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Appunti del primo semestre di History and industry of international cinema
Cattolica del Sacro Cuore scienze linguistiche Curriculum lingue, comunicazione, media e culture digitali 2023
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- Foundations of Cinema:
- The Lumiere Brothers pioneered early cinema in 1895, capturing reality in films like "Employees leaving the Lumiere factory."
- Georges Méliès introduced special effects and fantasy, most notably in "Voyage to the Moon."
- Early editing techniques were developed by Edwin Stanton Porter and D.W. Griffith. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" (1915) was innovative for parallel editing, camera movement, flashbacks, and close-ups, though controversial due to its racial themes.
- The Rise of Hollywood Industry:
- From the 1920s, the US became a global leader in film production, with the first color film appearing in 1927.
- Hollywood transformed into a major industry, dominated by powerful studios (Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros, Universal, Columbia), often founded by Jewish immigrants.
- The cinema system involves major companies, producers (project leaders), talents (actors, directors, cinematographers), and talent agencies (e.g., William Morris/Endeavor, ICM, CAA) that manage careers, package projects, and earn a 10% commission.
- Lew Wasserman was a pivotal agent who introduced profit participation for actors and influenced politics.
- Genres and Artistic Movements:
- Comic Genre: Silent film stars included Buster Keaton, known for physical gags, and Charlie Chaplin, who blended comedy with tragedy, creating emotional depth in films like "The Kid."
- Soviet Cinema: Sergej Michajlovic Ejzenstejn ("Battleship Potemkin," 1925) revolutionized editing through concepts like the Kuleshov effect and intellectual montage, producing politically charged films.
- German Expressionism: A 1920s movement that explored deeper psychological aspects of the human mind, influencing directors such as Hitchcock and Fritz Lang ("Metropolis").
- Industry Evolution and Challenges:
- The transition from silent to sound cinema in the 1920s-30s led to the popularity of musicals.
- In the 1940s, cinema attendance was high, but the studio monopoly on production and distribution was broken by a court ruling in 1948.
- The film industry faced challenges during WWII, with cinema being used for propaganda by regimes like Hitler's and directors like Leni Riefenstahl.
- A crisis in American cinema during the 1980s-90s was partly attributed to a perceived departure from traditional American values.
- Modern studios operate on a portfolio system, aiming for a few blockbusters to offset other productions.
- The industry has increasingly focused on segmenting and targeting specific audiences (e.g., male/female, under/over 25).
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